Incheon city officials avoided a mass euthanasia of shelter animals by restoring budget funding at the last minute, but more than 100 dogs still have nowhere to go as their shelter prepares to close by the end of 2025.
Crime victims in Seoul are turning down emergency shelter when they cannot bring their pets, while the city’s animal foster program faces a funding shortfall.
A recently adopted dog was returned to an animal shelter in Gangneung, Gangwon, just seven hours after leaving with a new family, but with its once-fluffy coat shaved down.
Dog ownership in Korea has skyrocketed in recent years, but the country has maintained a particular trend: a preference for small dogs of particular breeds due to a combination of factors that include "cute and cuddly."
Iranians can seek shelter in mosques and schools during Israeli attacks, as well as subway systems, which will be open at all times from tonight, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told state TV on Sunday.
Hundreds of relinquished dogs were slaughtered and illegally buried in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, by pet shelter owners and contractors, according to the Yeoju police on Tuesday.
Members of the Korean Animal Welfare Association (KAWA) and animal protection group Life are gathered for a joint press conference on Tuesday, outside the Yongsan Presidential Office in central Seoul, to expose an alleged massacre of dogs and cats...
Shelters for stalking victims are being set up following the recent murder in a subway station restroom of a woman who had been stalked by a colleague.
Korea’s daily Covid-19 infections totaled nearly 120,000 Sunday while the number of patients in critical condition rose to over 500.
Flood victims from Guryong Village, a poor area in southern Seoul, take temporary shelter in a gymnasium at Guryong Middle School in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Wednesday.
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